Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 9th British Commonwealth Games
The track and the athletics main stadium.
Dates	17–25 July 1970
Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	36
Participation	534 athletes from 34 nations
Records set	1 WR, 2 GR
← 1966 Kingston 1974 Christchurch → 1970 British Commonwealth Games

At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 13 by female athletes. This was the first athletics competition at the British Commonwealth Games to feature events in metric units, rather than imperial units. One world record and two Games records were broken at the competition.